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I think it would be great to start a thread, perhaps that can be pinned by a moderator, with a list of news stories, journal articles, and the like, which tell the story of some exceptional clinical things modern PAs have done. For instance, there was a Duke study with PAs performing cardiac angiography as well or better than interventional cardiology fellows. I also recall there was a news article of a PA doing lung transplants almost solo? I Think that these things would be a great inspiration to upcoming PAs, as well as a resource to show physicians real stories of PA successes.

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Im not sure if this counts, because it is not clinically related. There was a PA out of California who was a congresswoman. Karen Bass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Bass. Despite your political leanings I think its impressive and is great to put the PA name out there.

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This is true Alexa. I feel it is especially important now as PAs move towards OTP that they have role models in the field to look up to. It's great to see that some PAs have been functioning at the top of their licenses, my goal with this post is to encourage others to do the same.

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Congratulations to Aaron J. Cronin, DSc PA-C and Michael Perreault, MD for being awarded a $20,000 EMF/SEMPA Team Grant. Drs. Cronin and Perreault will be worki...ng on their project titled, “Accuracy of Physician Assistants in Diagnosing Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis after Focused Ultrasound Training” at Madigan Army Medical Center.

When asked how they hope their grant will change the practice of emergency medicine, they stated, “Emergency Medicine and student PAs are increasingly training and utilizing bedside ultrasound to expedite ED workflow, improve patient care, elevate provider satisfaction, and raise hospital revenues. Barriers still remain, specifically with PAs obtaining requisite hospital credentials and overall administrative acceptance of this rapidly growing PA skillset. Just as ED physicians had to prove their diagnostic accuracy with bedside ultrasound applications in order to justify charging patients for bedside scans, medico-legal mitigation, and intra-specialty confidence (especially from radiology colleagues), the EM PA profession should investigate research-based outcomes proving their diagnostic accuracy with this skillset.”

A nice example of a PA doing something great (in collaboration with an MD) to further prove PA efficacy.

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Shawn Sima PA-C, the PA that I shadowed this year has been working at a county and state level to bring legislation that requires CPR training for high school graduation. He was successful in Brevard County Florida so far but wants to do more. He also manages a group that gives free cardiac screenings to athletics departments across the state as well as a group called TEACH CPR that trains students how save lives.

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Great thread, it's really motivating to see so many PAs doing great things to grow the profession. There's a good article in the November issue of JAAPA that covers a couple of accomplished military PAs. One is Major Christopher Cordova, DSc, PA-C, who is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and a Silver Star recipient from the Battle of Kamdesh. As an Afghanistan veteran myself, I especially look up to guys like that.